Washington Life Magazine: May 2007:CONTRIBUTORS

Power ... is an issue


MICHELLE DU PONT is a jewelry designer whose creations can be found at Saks Fifth Avenue and other luxury stores. She shares her creative inspiration in our Mother's Day feature.	ROLAND FLAMINI was the Washingtonbased chief international correspondent at United Press International from 2000 to 2006. From 1968 to 1994, he was a foreign correspondent and World section editor for Time magazine. In his feature story, Flamini waxes philosophical on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


MARY HAFT sits down with Ginger Pape and Diana Holman to discuss their book Repotting. She is president of Haft Productions, LLC, specializing in projects for non-profit organizations after	FINLAY LEWIS has been an economics correspondent and columnist for the Copley News Service since 1992. He also served as the Copley's congressional and national political correspondent for over five years. Our Power of the Pen feature includes his take on Norman Mailer's latest book, The Castle in the Forest.


SHARON PATTON serves as the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art where she has organized more than 20 exhibitions. Patton writes about the Smithsonian's latest collection, "African Vision," in this issue.	CHRISTINE PELOSI has over 30 years of grassroots experience in voter contact, education and mobilization in local, state and federal elections, most proudly in the campaigns of her mother, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.


DINA HABIB POWELL, an assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, has long been an advocate for women's education. In our Vital Voices story she highlights the organization's work towards women's economic equality.	JOSETTE SHEERAN serves as the executive director of the United Nation's World Food Programme, the beneficiary of the Mosaic Foundation's tenth gala (this months' event spotlight).


KATHLEEN KENNEDY TOWNSEND, the eldest daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, worked in the U.S. department of Justice before serving two terms as Maryland's lieutenant governor. She speaks regularly on the political and religious issues explored in her new book, Failing America's Faithful.	ZAIN VERJEE reports on a wide variety of international stories as CNN's State Department correspondent. In our Vital Voices special, Verjee highlights the organization's work in Africa.


CLAY BLACKMORE is an established portrait and wedding photographer. His client list includes such luminaries as Larry King, Forrest Whitaker and Jenna Elfman. He photographed Ali Wentworth and her daughters as well as the Malek family in our Mother's Day special.	DMITRY CHETVERUKHIN, an internationally acclaimed photographer, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and early on discovered photography as a means to explore people and places. Chetverukhin, who contributes to our Power Profiles feature, photographed for Vogue in Russia.

DABNEY DOSWELL is graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design where she earned a double major in painting and film. Previous to launching her own firm, Doswell assisted Barney's Creative Director Simon Doonan, served as the public relations coordinator for the Guggenheim Museum and designed furniture for Knoll. In her design column, she shares some her favorite lamps from New York and Washington.

RENEE DRAKE has had a diverse career in the arts. While living in Washington, D.C., she was a curator for the U.S. Department of State's Art in Embassies Program. She later became the managing editor of Sotheby's Preview magazine. After eight years, she left Sotheby's to make the documentary film The Way Back.


JANET DONOVAN is the founder and president of Creative Enterprises International, a Washington, D.C., publicity firm whose clients include celebrities, authors, politicians and publications. She created and hosted The Beltway Broads radio show and writes the column Hollywood on the Potomac.	DONNA EVERS has more than 30 years experience in residential real estate in the Washington Metro marketplace. She is the broker and president of Evers & Co. Real Estate, the largest independent woman-owned and run residential brokerage in the area. Evers researches and reports on Metro area history on her radio show, Real Estate Today.


GARY LANDSMAN has been a photographer for over 20 years. His clients say he warms to all of his subjects while creating images that are captivating. Gary's extensive experience includes shooting still life subjects ranging from food to full-scale interior architecture and corporate and advertising lifestyles.	BARBARA MCCONAUGHY is a recognized stylist, show producer and editor. Her work has appeared in Elle and Detour magazines, and locally in the Washingtonian. Our fashion feature showcases one of her favorite elements of fashion, accessories.


MARY MEWBORN has written for publications worldwide. With a degree in international relations and a penchant for travel, she has served as a feature writer, contributing editor and columnist for WL for over six years.	VICKY MOON has chronicled the lives on the rich, the not-so-rich, the famous and the not-sofamous for more than twenty years. She has covered local murders and prominent lives in Middleburg, Virginia, for People Magazine and The Washington Post and has written about Middleburg's hunt balls, steeplechase races and parties for Town and Country, Millionaire, Veranda and Southern Accents magazines.


GAIL SCOTT, author of Diplomatic Dance: The New Embassy Life in America, covers diplomats for WL, The Washington Times and The Washington Diplomat. She also produces Smithsonian Associates' "Top Embassy Chefs" is co-director of The Brookings Institution's new three-day "Embassy Associates Program" this June. In our Embassy Row, WL has the exclusive first look at the new Turkish embassy residence.	DONNA SHOR is an internationalist who has lived in five countries on three continents, climbed the Great Wall of China, tracked tigers in Bangladesh, raised twins in a Provencal mas and a Bordeaux wine chateau, and hobnobbed with greats from Peck (Gregory) to Picasso (Pablo). She has written widely, from National Geographic to the Parisbased International Herald Tribune.


JODY ARLINGTON has managed public relations for several film festivals and has written for Spin Magazine, The Washington Post, Essence, Guidepost, Lookout and the Georgetown Journal.	JUSTIN KRIEL, who grew up in Johannesburg, now lives in Silver Spring, Md. He operates Contrast FX, a photography service specializing in interiors and portraits. His work is included in our Faces of Power feature.

NEIL SELKIRK photographs have appeared in many major publications including The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Interview, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Portraits from his latest book, Lobbyists, appear in our Faces of Power feature.